parkervg/permittrends

Visualization tool to analyze recent trends in construction permits.

Permit Trends

Analyzes historical permits to find recently trending values.

Open directory with Docker installed and run bash build

In future builds, if no changes have been made, run docker-compose --log-level ERROR up

kwargs (bold are required):

ALL:

• csv_path (str)
• location (str)
  • Location tag to be used in visualization title
• min_dt (str)
  • Minimum date cutoff
• date_col (str)
• filter_cols (dict)
  • Columns to filter by
  • e.x. {"Permit Class Mapped": ["Residential"], "Permit Type Desc": ["Building Permit"]}
  • For numerical data (e.g. sqft), {"Total Lot SQFT": [1000,]} would return all permits with sqft greater than 1000 sqft
  • {"Total Lot SQFT": [1000,15000]} returns between 1000 and 15000
• remove_values (dict)
  • Values to remove in a specific column
  • Same syntax as filter_cols. {"Owner": ["NULL"]} removes all "NULL" values in the "Owner" column.
• num_results
• max_dt (str)
  • Maximum date cutoff
• display_kwargs
  • boolean, decides whether to include kwargs textbox in plot

GeoTrends:

• lat_col (str)
• lon_col (str)
• top_areas_cutoff (int)
• max_miles (float)

PermitTrends:

• owners_col (str)
• top_owners_cutoff (int)
• resample_size (str)
  • Bins for charting values, e.x. "1M"

Example Outputs:

GeoTrends:

Austin

LA

Chicago

PermitTrends

Austin

LA

Chicago